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; 6- - THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 10, 1912. M
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Tuesday, December 10, 1912.
joflff The ProsresJii' yo:ist will lioin to
Hj ntvork today in Chicago.
tR The post-otlirc Santa CJaus letters
RflH -might offer good hints to ihe Good Fol-
lows.
KBHI Ami iu Tol.stoi was inspired, (no.
Queer bow many scll'-coutcred people.
39H JWt the notion, when it is only their
1HB folf-inllnlion that act;.
HH A clergyman declares tlint Mayor
fiBB Gaynor's policy h:i? made Xcw York a
flHjl -li.ornl shipwreck. But it is not genor-
IjflH ally htiowu that Now York had any
NHH morals to' wreck.
WWII lioslou Globe: "If Congress is going
HH , to appropriate 650.000.000 in a .Rivers
HI and Harbors bill. Dost on harbor ought
HB . to jret its share." That's the spirit that
fHfl packs the "pork harrol.'
IHj New York Evening Post: 'These
H repeated assurances by intimate fricuds
Hn of the Culonol that he will never again
HB be a candidate are evidently intended
Hj o prepare us for the worst.'
IjH Ne'.v Yorkers voted by -100,000 nia-
iwjH jority in favor of fifty million dollars
VjH for good roads- ft is by far the.ljig-
Jm gest sum ever authorized by popular
vote at oue time in any one Stale for
WJH that purpose.
IflH PicriuYnt' Wilson when he bocomos
jflE such cair by gift distinguish ' as bc
jH iween thorn who win and those who
Hj ' lose, in the tcranibJo for oflicc, by hand
KV ing the former a IiVrmmia lily and the
latter a Bermuda onion.
H Thorpe, champion nthlclo. will roiire
Hm from .'ithlclics, io as to avoid notoriety.
Hjfl He is consistent in this, as ho refused
.'bo patronage of the King of, Sweden
-ufler his splendid victories in the
HE - Olympic games at Stockholm.
HE An Ea&tcru politician is being much
.commended for the pith and emphasis
.of hi? "When T liavc nothiug lo say,
HH .-.I buve nothing to say.'' If tin's frame
HI of mind wirc a disease we wish it
Hfi might spread over the country.
HH j " Vou can't drink rum and run '.rains
H "at .the t-ame time.'' says the Pennsyl-
H vania road's general manager, and if
HH 'Ihev won't quit rum they can't run
jfl trains for him. A sound and concise
H ; aphorism, well and forcibly expressed.
H t anaila comes into line, it appears,
Bt anl will build for the British navy
jthrce dreadnoughts. Win, India 's groat
H $rbirtriliuion. and Australia's and Iscw
H jalinwj contingent, thin ought to put
HH ticnnanv o-it of the ruuiitug in the
IjH -onlct foj .naval stiprciuaey,
HB I T,,c 1'itcst Ocrman .order that diplo-
H Smals of that country vrho marry women
HB pother I ban Germans will bc considered
MB ns bv tn;jI tonderinsr their rosigua-
H frions of their diplomatic positions, must
Hi h'ic been i!,jired from Ihe female
HH sside of Ihe court: and it will bo inter-
B lasting to learn, as wo shall 'no doubt
I-jprcsenily do, what Gcrmau noblcwoinau
JF'.'as the cause of the order, through her
Jliappoiutcd marital longings,
I Vhr iJoblou GJobo suggests making
f'o, lioethals a full Geueral for life,
with a salarv not subject to reduction
on retirement, as this "would bc only a
just reward for his great scrvico in
building the Panama Canal." But Col.
tioelhals cau be put to better uso than
; that. Let him take charge of the work
' of controlling the streams of this coun
try, so that destructive floods will bo
.unUnowu. and low water in navigation
; permanently avoided. The recommen
dation of President Taft is inadequate
jtti f ol. Goethals's mgrits. '
. Captain Stcuncubcrg has stirred up
n tempest in a tcaiot, sure enough, by
hi j fuuuy poem rcdiculing tho Ger
nrau military pretensions. And he
with tnch an unmistakable German
.-name, too! But what makes th6 pooin
jburt is the cbnfiug of the Germans' un-
dor the implication of the fallibility
of their military system and supplied
Jas shown in the defeat of tho Turks,
fwho were trained and armed bv Gcr
inau oliecrs, and tho triumph of the
Iiulgarjan. who wcro supplied -?vith
j'French cannon, much superior to the
German artillery used by the Turks. It
.scems small and ridiculous to bc mak
Jing a row about that Steunenberg
poem, $ough; and tho chief effect
"Hust bc to show tho deep chagrin of
Germany at' tho "apparent contrast in
the Balkans between French and Ger
man guns, lo tho Gorman disadvantage.
THE MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN.
The hot campaign which is on for
the incrcaso of the membership of tho
Commercial Club so as to run it up to
2000, is on its whirlwind wind-up. From
what wo hear of tho enthusiasm and
interest displnyed by those engaged in
this campaign, and judging by tho large
membership present nt noon yesterday,
the committee will undoubtedly exceed
their limitation and will run tho mem
bership up to more than tho 2000 mark.
The campaign closes December luth,
and tho membership eommitteo is put
ting in its best efforts and tho mem
bors of.it are nsiug their own timo
freely and enthusiastically to bring
about the desired boost in membershipj
and their campaign is a most effective
one.
There arc still, surprising as it mnj
be to say if, a good many business men
in Salt Lake City, aod some of these
large property ownerp, who ought to
bc, and are, interested in tho building
up of the city, and the State, who thus
far have refrained from joining the
club. Thero ought to bo no more hesi
tation on the part of theso citizens
for now is tho time to coma to the frout,
and for every one to do his part. Tho
development campaign being carried on
by this club for tho upbuilding of tho
city and Stato should be supported-by
cvcr3' business man and property ownnr.
The Commercial Club is not organized
for any personal or selfish purpose, but
for public service in tho development
of the business of this community, and
is devoting its strenuous efforts to that
purpose, and to tho development of the
State's resources along lines of mining,
irrigation, manufactures, farming, and
other enterprises that deserve the sup
port of every citizen.
We join in the hope of the member
ship committee, and of the memborship
of the club itself, that when tho final
count closes tho number enrolled will
exceed all expectations; and that tho
hesitating business mon who arg not
now members will turn in their appli
cations without delay. There is no need
to wait to be called ou by the member
ship committee; the club headquarters
is easily found, and voluntas member
ship is even more gladly acclaimed than
that which is obtained by solicitation.
Now is the timo to como to tho front;
and wo hope to see a complete sweep of
the business men and prope owners
into the membership of the Commercial
Club before tho time set for the close
of ,this campaign.
BE ORGANIZING- PROPOSITION.
Tho Republican party has received a
tremendoils castigation for its refusal
lo adopt a proper ratio of apportion
ment to its National conventions. It
has been evident for more thau a gen
eration of time that the idea of giv
ing representation to the Southern
States in Republican ' conventions, as
States and Congressional districts, with
out regard to the party voting strength
in 4hoso States or dislricts, was an
element of weakness and sure to invito
trouble. At a good mnnj' succcssivo
jJc.publicau National conventions efforts
were made to correct that bad ratio,
and give Republican strength instead
of Kcpublicnn weakness, tho control
of the Kcpublicnn party and, conven
tions. Itcprcsentativc Crumpackor of
Indiana was diligent in a number of
Republican National conventions,-pointing
out the peril of giving largo rep
resentation where there wore but few
popular voles and no possibility of an
electoral vote. He submitted a num
ber of schemes which would givo rep
resentation in tho Republican National
conventions according to the party vote
cast at tho previous Presidential elec
tion. But, of course, tho delegations
from the solid South protested against
the change, and werz always able lo
beat it. The result was discontent al
ways, ami there was no lack of charges
of corruption and. fraud in the Southern
delegations. Probably lhc delegations
from the- South at the Ifepublican .Na
tional convention last .luuo were of
considerable higher grado than ordi
nary. Certainly Ihcy btood firm aud
fast for tho Republican party and its
best interests, against great pressure
aud tremendous temptation.
Hut. all the same, tho basic idea of
that representation, by States or dis
tricts, is utterly wrong. Parly repre
sentation ought lo bo on party voto.
It is so declared universally by tho
Republican part-, except in its Na
tional convention; and in that tho falso
representation by official subdivision
has prevailed in place of representation
of party strength.
A Washington difcpatch yesterday
morning iudicatcd that thoro is au
effort making to bring the two wings
of the Republican party together on
the basi6 of tho old C'rumpacker form
of apportionment, now urged by Sena
tor Bourne of Oregon. If the Progress
ives will stand for reorganization aud
tho consolidation of tho party on that
basis, it would cerlainly bo good pol
icy lo adopt that plau. There has been
amplo time taken to demonstrate the
fact, and tho fact is demonstrated, that
the Republican party has no voting
strength to amount to anything in tho
South; and that it is not likely to have
any. The dreams 0f President Taft aud
of Colonel Roosevelt of getting large
votes in the South turned out to bo
but dreams, since th0 Republican vote
iu tho South, counting Taft and Roose
velt together, actually decreased aa
compared with Taft's vote in 1908, in
placo of gaining as each hoped would
bo the case.
That there is party peril necessarily
involved in the present method of false
representation is evident, and the party
ought not to have waited until the
cas'iigatfon' received by it at the ro
eont, election was administered. .It
ought to havu cleaned house long be
fore, and to have adpotcd a proper
method of purfcy representation- in the
National conventions which would hav0
given effect to the party voto, appor
tioning delegates according to the party
strength,
I It may be that if the Republican ;
convention of last Juno had been called
on tho Crumpackor basis, Colonel Roose
velt might have received tho nomina
tion, but tho rosult in California dem
onstrates that ho could not havo boon
elected, although the party would havo
come out of the campaign in much bet
ter shape cvoii under that afflic
tion than it actually did. But what
ever the result iu any convention, the
fact romains that tho voto of tho party
is what is entitled to bo ropresontod,
and to control tho party action; and
not mere- areas of States or districts
which have no Republican strength, but
which are liable at any time, as an
element of weakness, to prove disas
trous to the party.
STIMSON AND FILIPINOS.
Secretary Slimson is outspoken in
opposition to tho sentimental pro
gramme of rolcasing tho Philippines
and ovadhig of responsibility for con
ditions that wo havo croated in that
archipelago of the Orient, lie points
out the immense progress made in the
Philippines during tho fourteen years
of American occupancy, and declares
that there is no other instance in his
tory where after four years of war
and insurrection, seven millions of an
entire alien race have been given so
soon, not morolj- tho form of civil con
trol, but immediate and cstoneivo par
ticipation in their govornmont. He eu
logizes thp progress made in tho Phil
ippines, and points out in. detail whoro
iu this progress consists; and yet ho
shows that in all this progress and with
all of our good work, tho regeneration
of th0 Filipinos has just begun. Half
of the children born in Manila die in
infancy, and a million children aro
without schools; tho old S3rstem of pe
onage iH still accepted by tho masses,
who unless protected by Americans
would fall ready victims to the rich
and educated Philippine minority. lie
points out that unless tho American
policj' is continued until its work is
completed, and tho whole people re
generated, all proposals for independ
ence are pleas for national recroaucy
on our part and for the repudiation
of the heavy and difficult burden
that we have thus far been bravely and
consistently sustaining. Even more is
it unjust to tho great masses of the
Philippine people in whose behalf tho
high-sounding slogans of "liberty" and
"independence" are shouted. "After
having been for centuries sunk in ig
norance, and held in economic snbjec
tion," says tho Secretary, "they aro
now being aroused to self-supporting
manhood and being welcled into national
solidarity. Along this lino, and along
this lino alone, lies tho true port of
liberty and independence."
Thero is no question but Secretavy
Stimson is absolutely right in this mat
ter; andtho United States would show
a recalcitrancy unworthy of its high
record and a cowardice which it has
no right to exhibit and which it is not
prono to exhibit, should it shirk in
this matter. Until tho Filipinos are
made ono people and aro brought up
to tho proper slaudard of self-governing
capacity, th0 Unitod States would
bp recreant to its plain duty if it should
abandon thc high task' that it has un
dertaken in their bohalf.
SUPERVISION OF WIRELESS.
It is announced from Washington
that with tho coming of noxt Friday
tho government supervision over wire
less telegraphy will ho completely es
tablished. This supervision is evi
dently not ouly dcsirablo but absolute
ly needful, for with irresponsible wire
less messages floating through tho air
ah all times there is Jiablo to bo con
fusion that may invito tho worst of
disasters. It will bc remembered thai,
at tho timo of tho Titanic catas
trophe thero was a wirolcss dispatch
son t throughout tho world to tho effect
that tho Tilanfc was damaged, but that
no passengers wcro lost aud that she
was proceeding under hor own steam lo
Halifar. This dispatch was given out
many hours after tho Titanic had been
utterly destroyed and 1500 lives lost.
It was as complolo an instance as
could bo possibly cited of tho need of
governmental supervision over all the
wirolcss communications, so as lo stop
imposture.
Tho government will require that
all operators havo liccuscs. It will also
roquiro that Gulf and Lako pasBongor
carrying steamers shall be thoroughly
equipped with wireless apparatus, and
havo enough operators to givo con
stant service. Tho seagoing steamers
are required to carry wirelcs3, the
number of such steamers being esti
mated at ono thousand. Fvory steamer
with a carrying capacity of fifty pas
sengers on trips exceeding 200 miles' ia
required to havo two operators for
its wireless equipment, iu order to pro
vido continual watchfulness for sig
nals of distress. Safeguards on
steamers for wiro service aro also re
quired, and tho compliance of every
steamer with a call for distress is made
mandatory in place of merely .optional,
as heretofore,
Therowill bo nine wireless telegraph
districts in this country for tho pur
pose of carrying out tho supervision
required. Tho headquarters of theso
divisions will bo in Boston, New York,
Baltimore, Savannah, Now Orleans
San Francisco, Seattle, Clovoland and
Clu'cago. Porfection in tho working
out of the feyetem of supervision will
bo obtained by practico aud tho wholo
mutter will doubtless bo reduced to n
routino in due time. But tho imntodialc
need of control so as to stop irre
sponsible nnd misleading wireless mes
sages has beon ovidont. to 'everyone
sinco the gross imposture at tho time
of the Titanic disaster.
BALKAN BENEFIT TONIGHT.
Everything is lookiug well for th9
Balkan benefit concert at tho Salt .Lake
Tabornaclo tonight. The idea of Colonel
Irons has tnken hold of this com
munity in enthusiastic form, and
ovor3'ono is in thorough sympathy with
tho purpose of this concert, which is to
oxtond help to tho sufferers in tho Bal
kans by tho cruoltlea of tho war and
tho ravages of disease.
Besides this, tho concert itself will
bo porhaps tho finest over given in this
city. Musical artists of the highest
standing arc rallying to tho support of
tho cnuso and offoring tholr services in
a stylo that is lino to seo; so that those
who attend this concert will be at the
samo time helping those in thc Balkans
who have creat need, nnd t.hnv will
also hear a concert of uuusual charm,
variety, and excellence, at. a price far
bolow that which thoy would ordinarily
havo to pay for such a musical treat.
Wo bespeak "tho thorough interest of
all the people in Salt Lako to this con
cert, and their support for the causo
to which tho proceeds from it will be
applied.
CONDITIONS IN MEXICO.
It would appear from tho urgent
news from Mexico that that country
is in greater distress by ruason of the
insurrection than hnd been, snpposed.
Tho absence of stirring new3 of fight
ing for somo timo past had lead the
American public to beliovo that tho
Madoro govornmont was getting tho
mastery, and would soon have the
country quieted; but when wo aro told
in Mexico that conditions are so bad
that something more than human
agencies aro. necessary to rcliovo the
troublo, and that special mass is
ordered iu every Catholic church in
Mexico, and when, thc Popo is urged
and consents to jpin in the supplica
tions, is is ovidont that thoro is a
critical condition in Mexico that has
horotoforo beon unsusnoefcod
It is claimed that rebels aro active
throughout tho country, and that thero
is litllo disposition in official circles to
belittle tho movement in the north
under Orozco, Campos, and Mariano,
and the rebel activities on the Pacific
coast and in Oaxaca under Zapata.
In fact it appoars that tho wholo
country . is honey-combed with insur
rection, and that there is little hopo
of thc Madoran govornmont being able
to restore peace and ordor.
In view of this distressing situa
lion, it appears more and more ovidont
that our true course at tho timo that
President Taft assembled tho mobile
division of our troops on tho Moxicau
border would havo boon to placo thoso
troops at tho disposal of President
Diaz, so as to havo put down insur- l
rectiou from the first, and maintain
the Diaz supremacy, with the good re
sults that accompanied that supromacy
from tho first. Diaz for many years (
prevented insurrections and trouble, ,
and held the country in his firm grip
for peace and order. It is clear that
tho safety and investments of Amori- I
can citizens, as woll as tho best inter. J
csts of tho Mexicans themselves, re
I quired the continuanco of tho -Diaz
administration. Wo made a bad mis- 3
lako when wo did not actively inter-
pose lo maintain it.
In view of tho troubled conditions
in Mexico, it is difficult indeed lo l
estimate tho outcome. Tt is -well to
havo prayers iu the churches nnd all
.religious and moral influences that can
possibly bo exerted so exerted for 1
good; but. it is not likely that the robol J
leaders will pay much attention lo
these prayers; on tho contrary thoy
will bo likely lb bo encouraged by the j!
signals of distress thus so plainly mnde J
manifest, and to bo harder to deal with
than oyer before.
TAMMANY'S GRIP FASTENED.
It will bo remombered that a day or
two after- election, tbo Progrcssho f
Slato committee in Now York scorn-
fully 3purncd the advances mado by tho
Republican committee of that Slato for i
tho healing of tbo breach between f
the Progressives and tho Republican
party propor. It j5 all tho moro .singu
lar that, this Miggcslcd reunion should Jj
havo becu spurned, ainco tho fact of f
tho division of tbo Republican party
was so disastrous to both wings. It is
absolutely hopeless for cither tho Ro-
publicans or Progressives to expect any J
advantage in disunion in thc Stato of
New York. Tt ia difficult enough for
thc Republican parly, when a unit, to 2
carry that State, but divided tho hope J
of success for cither faction is impos
sible. Besides, the effect of the election of
the present year is simply, as the Now
York Evening Post Kays, to "fasten
Murphy's grip on tho State :i never 11
before." This being thc result' of it,
and this being (he absolutely sure ro
suit in elections for years lo come, thc
spurning of a reunion of Republicanism M
in Now York is thc sheerest political H
madness. V do not understand on
what basis thc Progressives could pro
ceed in this rejection. They arc, of If
courie, at liberty tp reject, just as a J
man is at liberty' to set his own house
on fire, provided ho can do so without
breaking tho law, for ho is at liberty Mi
to lose his substanco in foolish and J
wasteful ways, if ho will.
But in New York tho clear fact is W
that tho Republican defoat has given fu
tho State into thc hands of Tammany.
holplesa as it has never been before;
and why Progressives jshould consider ji
this-W bc to .their advantage in one of
thoso things impossible to explain.
1 Extra Reasonable Prices to Pol
4 larize the New Shopping Distntm
K) There is no question about the future of the newl
i retail district. M
Wv Reasonable rents and reasonable prices will become
)f recognized factors in drawing Business concerns and people m
Business men understand the wisdom of the former; K
the buying public the popularity of the latter. ' mj
Keith-O'Brien has started right. Its selling pricesl
n& emphasize a policy: very low prices and quick turnover of stocks, m
The enforcement of the idea along organized lines m
Jmfe is important, for few large institutions work out the idea M
HJr according to system. K
The new store, the enlarged departments and the M
increased displays are features which invite compliments. K
ijf?h But an organized plan of selling merchandise cheaper K
Jp than usual, with a purpose in view, brings merchandising down ml
i to a science. K
j Our Millinery Parlors-
"Fl or
One of the handsomest corners in the new store, m
displaying the choicest of season's millinery to best advantage.
Some very handsome new Tuesday morning we start a ft
? models in fur the new soft effects Clearance Sale on all MiUmery--3iow. mf
Mfm iu seal md moleskin and very dressy rag a fine line of nntrimmed shapes HJ
VT te Pafctems n plush, and silk vel- in velvet, plusli, beavers, etc. Trim- wL
vet with thc latest style ostrich trim- mings of all kinds, including finest os- Wff
UCYh "lings. Handsome large patterns, fcrich aigrettes, wings, fancies, ribbons H?
JUm flower trimmed. All now models 20 etc. Wt
T per cent diseouni. An exceptional line of higj? m
mm a ri class misses' hats velours, velvets and HM
A liberal reduction -Or '1-3 to plushtailored hats dressy bonneta K
T V on all other patterns. of velvet-20 per cent discount. ff
A-1'ote-rni.ol2.'e,Cti0I Satcay was heard the enraptured fe
v "-t t t 7 (tl,0USI,n 01 "W People and of amused interest to I v
tfh and " IT ,.' n ,, 'I See and t0 wnl l own, and to give! Toys, boob MA
W X ' Sa" t','!raro,' c,mna r e. i a" ii
1 Hundreds and. Hundreds of Dolls M
W and not dressed; and 'doll Wi
A and ,Pl ,1,Mt any pricS ielS"n" 03 '" '"'.c0 s ' Dolls as hiBl, i p'rioo u 1M- 1 f
I , TJtThIfrs7to Please L
seeping easv and abolilhes Z " C1'isl3- MakM:
W BISSELL'S ,s not equalled by nny other lf
J CARPET SWEEPER Pris:" IsToo, $3.75 and $4.00.1l
i y? Z -r . Carpot Department Third FloorJHHl
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